Emergency-stop for motor-vehicles.



P. KRAUSE. EMERGENCY STOP FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

- APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12, 1907.

Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

WQTNESSES Q CZ A TTORNE'YS PAUL KR-AusE, or BABYLON, NEW YORK.

EMERGENCY-STOP iron Moron-venues.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 20, 1909.

Application filed November 12, 1907. Serial No. 401,791,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL KRAUSE, a citizen of the United States and a resident of Babylon, in the county oi Suflolk and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Emergency-Stop for'Motor-Vehicles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in motor vehicles, and more particularly to an emergency stop mechanism whereby the brakes maybe applied and the engine stopped by a passenger other then the chaufleur, should said chaufieur be unable or unwilling to actin an emergency.-

' The mechanism involves an auxiliary brake lever normally out of use, but serving to not only ap ly the emergency brakes but also to break t he circuit to thesparker and thus sto the engine. This emergency lever may be coated in such a position as to be readily operated by a passenger -on therear seat of a two-'sea'ted-vehicle, or by a person seated beside the 'chaufieur, .or, if desired, two of the emergency levers may be employe'd, one for the front and one for the rear seat.

' figures, and in whic Reference isto be had to the accompanying drawings, formin a part of this specification, in which s'im' ar characters of reference indicate corresponding partsjn all the igure 1 is a top plan view of 'a portion of a vehicle constructed in accordance with my 4 invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof,"-

showlnga portion of the mechanism in sect1on; and Fig. 3 1s a side elevation showing a somewhat modified construction. My improvement is adapted for use in'con nection with any form of motor vehicle-but 1s especially adapted to motor vehicles 'oipf- 'l erated by internal combustion engine the drawings I have illustrated a portion of a vehicle frame 10, having'a front "seat 11 and a rear seat 12. Upon the rear wheels 13 are mounted anysuitabletype of emergency brakes 14, connected-byhnirs 115 tofia rock latter being connected by a shaft 16, the draw bar 17 leading to thejfron't portion of the vehicle. An "ordinary emergency'brake lever 18, is mounted on the right-hand side of the vehicle frame, slightly front of the front seat 11, and is by the ri ht parts of t e construction involve no special position to'be operated hand the chaudfeur. These 9 improvement, but may be of any suitable form commonly used on the market.

The draw bar 17 is connected to the lower end of the emergency brake lever '18 by a slot and pin forming lost motion connections 19, whereby the draw bar 1'7 may be moved for- Ward independently of the'ordinary enier- 'gency brake lever 18. The mechanism involvingmy Invention is connected directly to this draw bar for movingit forward to a ly. the brakes without moving the bra e ever 18, and is so constructed that the brakes may be applied by the brake lever 18 in the ordinary manner without affecting my mec'hanism.

. In the specific construction illustrated in the drawings, I rovide an auxiliary brakelever 20, pivote to the vehicle frame just backof the front seat and within easy reach of a passenger riding on the rear seat. The

lower end of the lever is pivoted on a rock shaft 21, and carries a laterally-extending lug 22 which engages with a projection 23 on a collar carried by said rock shaft. The lug is normally in engagement with one side of so the projections or tooth 23, so that the rearward movement the lever causes the rock shaft 21 to rotate, but the rock shaft may rotate independently of this lever. The rock shaft 21 carries a downwardly-projecting arm 24, having-an aperture therein through .which passes the draw bar 17, and the draw bar is provided with a stop 25 normally lying just in front of said arm. The draw bar may be moved forward. apply the brakes inde- 'pendent'ly of said arm 24, but, the forward movement-of the arm also operates to apply thetrahes independently, of thelever 18. A second auxiliary brake lever 26, is preferably diep ed adjacent the front seat but upon the d steam as to be Within easy reach of a n seated beside the chauffeur. This lever, as illustrated, is pivoted on a stationary pivot 23?, intermediate its ends, and its lower end' carries a roller-29 adapted to engage with the upper end of a lever 30.

This latter lever is pivoted-intermediate its ends,

and its lower end is connected by a 7 tto an arm 32 on the rock shaft 21. suitable igniting system may beem- M in connection with the internal combust r engine used for propelling the vehiole, l a portion of the circuit passes adjaie emergency lever 2;( and also adjacent the emergency lever 26, so as to be broken when either of'these levers is operated. As shown, the vehicle carries a battery box 33, and the wire 34 leading therefrom is connected to one of a pair of spring clips 35, which serve to hold the lever in place; The lever is wedged between the two clips, and the circuit passes from one clip through the lever itself to the other clip, and thence through a wire 36 to a similar pair of spring clips 37 which hold the lever 26 in p ace From the second of this pair, a wire 38 leads back to the engine frame,'the induction coil, the spark plug, or other portion of the vehicle, depending upon the nature of the ignition system; the particular system involving no part of my invention.

In the operation of this specific form, the emergency brakes may be applied by the chaufieur upon the proper manipulation of the lever 18, but in case.of any accident to the c'haufieur, or his failure from any othercause to apply the brakes to stop the car, either a passenger seatedbeside the chauffeur or a passe'nger upon the rear seat, may operate the lever 20 or the lever 26 to not only apply the brakes, but also to break the ignition circuit. Any suitable means may be employed for holding the lever to hold the brakes in their sit position upon the-operating of either of t e disposed beneaththe front seat and held in engagement, with the side of the lever 20 by a coil spring 411,? As-the leveris operated the ratchet bar is forced outward and prevented from returning bythe-engagement, of the teeth with the side of. the o ening' through which the bar passes; The'side of the lever 20 may, jif desired, be, provided with teeth to ateportion of which passes through a tube prevent the end of the. ratchet bar from slip-' ping upward, and a second coil spring 41 may also be employed for this'purpose.

In the construction illustrated in. Figs. "1 and 2, the'brakesare operated by the rotation of the rock shaft 16 andlthe, longitudinal movement of thelinks, I may, if desired, employ a cable so connected as to apply eX- actly the'same ressure to both brakes u on the operation 0 the lever. In the form il ustrated in Fig. 3, the main features of the construction are substantially the sameas illustrated in Figs. 1 and '2, but a cable 42, is pro vided, the opposite ends --of which are ,connected to the two brakes and the intermedi- 43. The tube is rotatable and is provided with an arm 44, adjacent each end, and at the outer end of each arm is a knob 45 to tighten the-latter as the .tube is rotated. T e lever 20 is loosely mounted on the tube,

evers, *fiA's'shown, a ratchet .bar 39 is 7 and the projection 22 thereof engages with a projection 23 corresponding to the projection 23 of the construction hereinbefore described The draw bar 17 a is connected to a link 32 rigid with the tube 43, and-the lower end of the lever 30 is preferably directly connected to this draw bar rather than'through separate connections.

The operation of the two constructions is substantially the same; that is, the brakes may be readily applied by the use of any one of thethree levers independently of the other levers, and the operation of'the lever 20 or brake and adapted to be operated from one I seat, and. a second operating lever for said.

brakeandada ted to be operated from a second seat, said evers operating independently of each other.

3. 'A motor vehicle having a plurality ofv ond seat, said evers operatingindependently of each other, and one of said leversalso operating to stop the motor of said vehicle.

' 4. A motor'vehicle having a seat, a brake, an operating lever adjacent one side of said seat and connected to said brake, an o erating lever adjacent the opposite side 0 said seat and having lost motion connections with said brake, and means whereby the operation of said second lever stops the engine.

5. A motor vehicle having a seat, a brake, an operating leveradjacent one side of said seat and connected to said brake, an operating lever adjacent-the opposite side of said seat and having lost motion connections with said brake, and means whereby the operation of said second lever breaks the ignition circuit of the engine.

' In testimony whereof I haye signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PAUL KRAUSE. YVitnesses:

Josnrn COVERT, HENRIG KRAUSE; 

